Signing of Treaty 8
- When
- June 21, 1899
- Where
- Lesser Slave Lake area
Treaty 8 was concluded on June 21, 1899, with representatives of the Crown and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area, the most comprehensive of the Numbered Treaties.
The treaty involved representatives of the Crown and various First Nations, including Cree groups. It covered approximately 320,000 square miles in northern Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories. Albert Lacombe was present and assured the First Nations that their lives would remain, more or less, unchanged. No supplied passage names the exact signing site, so the location is identified only as the Lesser Slave Lake area.
Sources
- Treaty 8 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-11
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